Perceived Future Outcomes of Unsuccessful Treatment and Their Association with Treatment Persistence Among Type-2 Diabetes Patients: A Cross-Sectional Content Analysis.

Persistent treatment was prevalent among patients with T2DM who mentioned the code "treatment", suggesting that these patients may anticipate a threat due to the invasiveness of diabetes and thus participate in persistent treatment to avoid this threat. Healthcare professionals should provide appropriate information and supportive conditions to achieve both a reduced feeling of threat and persistent treatment engagement.